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New York Times, Friday, May 25, 2007

Author:
Mike Nothnagel
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Down : Secretaries often hold them
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Mike Nothnagel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Nothnagel. Friday freshness: 47%
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J
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C
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F
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M
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© 2007, The New York Times5/25/7 ( No. 21,017 )
Across
1
Actor with an L.A.P.D. auditorium named after him : JACKWEBB
9
Sell for : BRING
14
Words that often follow sweet offers? : IMONADIET
16
One not mingling much : LONER
17
Flunkies : HIRELINGS
18
Vienna State Opera music director starting in 2002 : OZAWA
19
It can have its charms : ANKLET
20
"Born from jets" sloganeer : SAAB
22
One's native land : SOD
23
Fights : DUELS
24
Key letters : CTRL
25
Simple : MERE
26
Erstwhile grp. of 15 : SSRS
27
Bowl booster : RAH
28
Part of convention planning : AGENDA
30
Hurt : AILED
32
Relief providers : OASES
33
Subject of a financial report : FISCALQUARTER
37
Kind of port : MODEM
38
Snide challenge : SUEME
39
Guitarists, slangily : AXEMEN
41
Shrink : EBB
42
Prayer opener : LORD
46
Starbucks option : CHAI
47
Skill level option : EASY
49
Hamlet in 1969 headlines : MYLAI
50
Part of AIM : AOL
51
Look down : POUT
52
Source of sulfuric acid : PYRITE
53
World's second-highest capital : QUITO
55
Feline gift : NINELIVES
57
Open, in a way : UNZIP
58
Way of turning : TOONESIDE
59
They're perfect : EDENS
60
Jazz greats, e.g. : NBASTARS
Down
1
Crusades : JIHADS
2
It's less than perfect : AMINUS
3
Lulu : CORKER
4
Sounds ominously : KNELLS
5
Its flag has a large red dragon : WALES
6
Mark up : EDIT
7
Wood holder : BIN
8
Commits a logical fallacy : BEGSTHEQUESTION
9
Mass : BLOB
10
"Shoe" waitress : ROZ
11
Not fully : INASENSE
12
Government reorganization : NEWORDER
13
Good eggs : GRADEAS
15
Plot target of the Decembrists : TSAR
21
Like : ALA
24
Secretaries often hold them : CALLS
25
Chuck, say : MEAT
27
Relative of a fjord : RIA
29
2006 Oscar winner for his first film : GORE
30
Height : ACME
31
Expected before : DUEBY
33
One followed on horseback : FOXHOUND
34
Put on a pedestal : IDEALIZE
35
Interstate sight : SEMI
36
Pres. appointee : AMB
37
Monkey with cheek pouches : MACAQUE
40
Marxist leader? : NEO
42
Many a minstrel : LYRIST
43
Title pig of Ian Falconer kids' books : OLIVIA
44
Like "The Godfather" : RATEDR
45
Double daggers, in printing : DIESES
48
Volunteer baby sitter, sometimes : AUNT
49
"Black Velvet" singer Alannah ___ : MYLES
51
Daddy-o : POPS
52
Tony who was the 2003 A.L. Manager of the Year : PENA
54
Kind of soldier : TIN
56
Cribbage jack : NOB

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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